Hand signal question...

[roakey]

Crossed index and middle finger:

In caving yes, that means "line"

Ed Robinson's teaches that if they point to something with their fingers crossed, it translates literally to mean "You're lucky to see this!"

Next week I'll see if they're still teaching this!

Roak

 

[washow88]

I do not know any thing about this hand signal.
I saw Ghost Ship last night, and I wonder if the person who gave you the signal was a ghost on the boat. I am saying this because you did not see him after that.

 

[MarcusCarr]

from a deaf friend:

Marcus Carr says:
what is the sign for "boat"
Marcus Carr says:
in sign language
Shaz says:
it's like the sign for "Book" but you bend the fingers to meet each other.
Marcus Carr says:
what does the sign for book look like
Shaz says:
you meet the pinkies to each other
Marcus Carr says:
so you cup your hands like if you were going to fill them with water?
Shaz says:
yea
Marcus Carr says:
do you move the hands, or hold them still?
Shaz says:
move them a bit
Shaz says:
why
Shaz says:
the tech asked me if I have tried flushing DNS on my machine
Marcus Carr says:
curious...on the scuba board a diver met another divers using a cupped hands, moving forward and back signal
Shaz says:
ut oh, raining outside, lol
Shaz says:
yea, that's the sign

 

[SueMermaid]

Maybe I am misinterpreting, it's hard to tell sign language from descriptive text.
When it is described as opening a book but leaving fingertips touching, then moving arms once outward, that is the sign we use for boat. A deaf person taught me that.
I can imagine it is very easy to bastardize sign language, so whatever your dive buddy understands is what is important, after all.

 

[cornfed]

detroit diver once bubbled...
If I remeber right, that sign was taught in my PADI OW class.

Then again, I could be wrong.......

I my OW class we learned "shark".

In my AOW class we learned "big <deleted>ing shark"

Cornfed

 

[ktarlecky]

My buddy and i use a lot of sign language as hand signals. It is also pretty easy to learn the sign alpabet, which can come in handy. our sign for boat is the "b" in sign language. I also think that many divers would have problems understanding "our" scuba language. Its funny how it develops and changes between different groups of divers.

 

[Zept]

This is the sign I use (scroll down). I think it is the one several people have tried to describe, but not the one O-ring saw.

http://www.scubadiving.com/training/DLAP/janfeb99.shtml

Zept

 

[cornfed]

Zept once bubbled...
This is the sign I use (scroll down). I think it is the one several people have tried to describe, but not the one O-ring saw.

http://www.scubadiving.com/training/DLAP/janfeb99.shtml

Zept

Would ya'll consider these "standard". I learned different signals for "question" and "cut" which I think are better then the ones shown.

Cornfed

 

[cdiver2]

There is a company in Florida that teaches signs for scuba divers called sea signs. I think they have a web sight but not sure.

 

[LUBOLD8431]

I have to say, this is one of the most entertaining threads on SB that I've read in a while...

I never thought that talking about UW signals would be so funny...


Or, maybe, its just that I am too tired and need some sleep...

Good Nite...